Dedham Vale
John Constable (1776-1837)
1802
Great Britain
Oil on canvas
43.5 x 34.4 cm
Museum no. 124-1888
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist

Unusually for Constable, this study is based upon the work of another artist. Its model was Hagar and the Angel of 1646 by the French painter Claude Lorrain. Constable esteemed Claude as 'the most perfect landscape painter the world ever saw'.